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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Prosecutors preparing for Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges want to call 19 other accusers to try to show a pattern of “prior bad acts” over five decades. The comedian’s first trial ended with a hung jury in June. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Prosecutors want to call 19 other accusers at Cosby retrial

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FILE – This combination of file photos shows Andrea Constand, left, walking to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial June 6, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.; and Bill Cosby, right, arriving for his sexual assault trial June 16, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. A judge declared a mistrial June 17, 2017, when a jury was hopelessly deadlocked on charges Cosby drugged and molested Constand in 2004, but Cosby's retrial is set to begin April 2, 2018, in a vastly different cultural climate, one in which powerful men from Hollywood to the U.S. Senate are being toppled by allegations of sexual misconduct. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

What will the #MeToo movement mean for Cosby’s next trial?

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Cosby references #MeToo movement after meal in Philadelphia

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Court won’t rehear defamation case against Bill Cosby

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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo Bill Cosby departs Montgomery County Courthouse after a hearing in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa. Details of alleged sexual assaults by Cosby and other famous figures are now widely known in part because several accusers did something they promised in writing never to do: They talked publicly about their allegations. When those women spoke out, they broke nondisclosure agreements. Cosby sued Andrea Constand in early 2016, two months after Pennsylvania authorities charged him with drugging and molesting her in 2004. Cosby argued that she breached confidentiality terms in their 2006 settlement. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Accusers face risks in breaking nondisclosure agreements

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. A federal appeals court rejected an attempt to revive a defamation lawsuit against Cosby by a woman who claims he raped her decades ago. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on Wednesday, Oct. 18, upheld a lower court ruling dismissing Kathrine McKee’s case against Cosby. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Ex-prosecutor: Bill Cosby paid accuser millions of dollars

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

FILE – In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, Bruce L. Castor Jr. speaks a day before taking the oath to become acting attorney general during a news conference in the agency's headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa. Castor, a former district attorney who declined to press sexual-assault charges against Bill Cosby in 2005 has filed the beginnings of a lawsuit against Cosby’s accuser in Philadelphia. An attorney for Castor said the personal-injury complaint will claim Andrea Constand sued Castor for defamation in 2015 so he would lose the prosecutor’s race. The winner, Kevin Steele, had criticized Castor’s handling of the Cosby case. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)

Ex-prosecutor to sue Cosby accuser, alleging personal injury

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FILE- In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. A federal appeals court rejected an attempt to revive a defamation lawsuit against Cosby by a woman who claims he raped her decades ago. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on Wednesday, Oct. 18, upheld a lower court ruling dismissing Kathrine McKee’s case against Cosby. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Court refuses to revive defamation suit against Bill Cosby

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo Bill Cosby departs Montgomery County Courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa. A woman is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit accusing comedian Cosby of defaming her when his representative disputed a news story about her rape allegations. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Boston, is to hear arguments Wednesday, Oct. 4, in Katherine McKee's case against Cosby. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Woman seeks revival of defamation suit against Bill Cosby

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. A judge has scheduled a new date for Cosby’s retrial on charges he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago. Judge Steven O'Neill on Friday, Sept. 15 ordered the retrial to begin on April 2, 2018. The 80-year-old comedian’s first trial in June ended in a hung jury. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Judge sets date for Cosby retrial on sexual assault charges

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FILE - In this June 17, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's spokesman announced Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, that Cosby has hired Michael Jackson's former lawyer, Tom Mesereau, to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylvania.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Cosby’s retrial delayed as new legal team joins case

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Bill Cosby arrives at a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Latest: Cosby jury could come from Philly area

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FILE - In this June 17, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's spokesman announced Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, that Cosby has hired Michael Jackson's former lawyer, Tom Mesereau, to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylvania.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Cosby hires Michael Jackson’s lawyer for sex assault retrial

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2nd defense attorney wants off Bill Cosby’s sex assault case

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FILE – In this June 16, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby's lawyer Brian McMonagle arrives for Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. McMonagle, the lead defense lawyer in Cosby's sex assault trial that ended with a deadlocked jury on June 17, 2017, wants off the case before a retrial, according to documents the Philadelphia attorney filed Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, seeking to withdraw as Cosby's counsel. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Cosby’s defense attorney wants off the case before retrial

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Cosby accuser won’t face San Diego drug charges

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 file photo, Chloe Goins, appears before reporters outside Los Angeles police headquarters in Los Angeles. Officials say Goins, a model who accuses Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her at a Playboy Mansion party in 2008 has been arrested Sunday, July 23, 2017, on suspicion of bringing heroin to a San Diego jail. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Cosby accuser arrested on heroin charge at California jail

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Cosby trial cost $219K, more than half paying for overtime

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This photo combination of file photos show, Andrea Constand, left, walking to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial June 6, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.; and Bill Cosby, right, arriving for his sexual assault trial June 16, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's retrial on charges he drugged and molested Constand in 2004 is set for November 2017, according to an order signed Thursday, July 6, 2017, by Judge Steven O'Neill. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Cosby’s retrial on sex assault charges is set for November

By MARYCLAIRE DALE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's next legal challenge shifts to California with a hearing scheduled Tuesday, June 27, to set a trial date in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a teen at the Playboy Mansion more than 40 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Cosby rejects ‘sexual assault tour’ idea floated by reps

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press